Syntax error How to retrieve the content of the file in PowerShell?

How to retrieve the content of the file in PowerShell?

To retrieve the content of the file in PowerShell, you need to use Get-Content cmdlet. For example, we are going to retrieve the content of the text file called Aliases.txt from a specific location.

Example

Get-Content D:\Temp\aliases.txt

Output

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Content D:\Temp\aliases.txt
# Alias File
# Exported by : admin
# Date/Time : 26 January 2020 19:20:24
# Computer : DESKTOP-9435KM9
"foreach","ForEach-Object","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"%","ForEach-Object","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"where","Where-Object","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"?","Where-Object","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"ac","Add-Content","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"clc","Clear-Content","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"cli","Clear-Item","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"clp","Clear-ItemProperty","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"clv","Clear-Variable","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"compare","Compare-Object","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"cpi","Copy-Item","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"cpp","Copy-ItemProperty","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"cvpa","Convert-Path","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"dbp","Disable-PSBreakpoint","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"diff","Compare-Object","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"ebp","Enable-PSBreakpoint","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"epal","Export-Alias","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"epcsv","Export-Csv","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"fc","Format-Custom","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"fl","Format-List","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"ft","Format-Table","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"fw","Format-Wide","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"gal","Get-Alias","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"gbp","Get-PSBreakpoint","","ReadOnly, AllScope"
"gc","Get-Content","","ReadOnly, AllScope"

You can also retrieve the content of the file from the remote location.

For example,

Get-Content \Test-PC\Shared\Powershellaliases.txt
Updated on: 2020-03-16T07:47:36+05:30

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